Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 1:50:56 GMT -6
Who Will be the Next Speaker of the House? Will Bentley Call Medicaid Special Session? Lottery?
Former State Representative Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) has only been removed as the Speaker of the House for 20 days and the legislature doesn’t meet for a regular session for seven months, but already factions (both legislators and lobbyists) have been forming in a frenzy over who will be elected the next Speaker.
Rep. Victor Gaston (R-Mobile) became the Speaker of the House automatically by virtue of his position as Speaker pro tem, when a Lee County jury found former Speaker Hubbard guilty of twelve felony ethics violations. Gaston has since announced that he does not want the job long-term.
Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee is a candidate to be the next Speaker. On Wednesday, Chairman Clouse told WTVY’s Ken Curtis that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) might call a special session this month to deal with the Medicaid crisis and that solution could include a lottery proposal. Clouse said, “I’ve heard talk that he may want to try put a lottery on there.”
Chairman Clouse warned however that, “A lottery is not going to solve the problem next year. …We don’t even know if it would pass or if there is time to get it on there” (for the November ballot).
Read more: www.alreporter.com/who-will-be-the-next-speaker-of-the-house-will-bentley-call-medicaid-special-session-lottery/
Former State Representative Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) has only been removed as the Speaker of the House for 20 days and the legislature doesn’t meet for a regular session for seven months, but already factions (both legislators and lobbyists) have been forming in a frenzy over who will be elected the next Speaker.
Rep. Victor Gaston (R-Mobile) became the Speaker of the House automatically by virtue of his position as Speaker pro tem, when a Lee County jury found former Speaker Hubbard guilty of twelve felony ethics violations. Gaston has since announced that he does not want the job long-term.
Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee is a candidate to be the next Speaker. On Wednesday, Chairman Clouse told WTVY’s Ken Curtis that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) might call a special session this month to deal with the Medicaid crisis and that solution could include a lottery proposal. Clouse said, “I’ve heard talk that he may want to try put a lottery on there.”
Chairman Clouse warned however that, “A lottery is not going to solve the problem next year. …We don’t even know if it would pass or if there is time to get it on there” (for the November ballot).
Read more: www.alreporter.com/who-will-be-the-next-speaker-of-the-house-will-bentley-call-medicaid-special-session-lottery/